For 32 years, a NASA rocket testing center in southern Mississippi has carried the name of John C. Stennis, a former United States senator who was a champion of racial segregation for most of his time in Congress. Now, as the nation navigates a moment of reckoning over statues and …...Read More

“The one issue that Trump really has going for him is who’s better to handle the economy,” said Stephen Moore, a member of Mr. Trump’s economic recovery task force, who added that Mr. Biden’s agenda, which includes rolling back some of the Trump administration’s corporate tax cuts, would damage the …...Read More

michael barbaro From The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.” [music] Today: Long before the world understood that seemingly healthy people could spread the coronavirus, a doctor in Germany tried to sound the alarm. Matt Apuzzo on why that warning was so unwelcome. It’s Thursday, July …...Read More

“They don’t buy her as a bona fide very conservative Republican,” said Chuck Coughlin, a longtime Republican political consultant in Arizona. The candidates’ struggles speak to how real divisions among Republicans have been obscured by Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016, and could erupt again should he lose in November. Ms. …...Read More

Coronavirus infections across the state have hit alarming new highs in recent days — Riverside County recorded its largest single-day increase on Tuesday, with 974 cases. The spike comes as Americans continue to rely on e-commerce giants to deliver their necessities as the pandemic drags on. That means the need …...Read More

Federal health officials are already trying to decide who will get the first doses of any effective coronavirus vaccines, which could be on the market this winter but could require many additional months to become widely available to Americans. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and an advisory committee …...Read More

What happens if Mr. Trump loses? The accounting firm and the banks have indicated that they will comply with the subpoenas. Had the subpoenas sought evidence from the president himself, there was at least a possibility that he would try to defy a ruling against him, prompting a constitutional crisis. …...Read More

Five former detention officers and a nurse at a North Carolina jail have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Black man who repeatedly exclaimed, “I can’t breathe,” as the officers tried unsuccessfully to remove his handcuffs, a county prosecutor said on Wednesday. The man, John Neville, …...Read More

President Trump’s annual financial disclosure report was due to be released more than a week ago. But the filing, the only official public document detailing his personal finances, was not published, and neither the White House nor federal ethics officials offered a public explanation. The White House addressed the issue …...Read More

That didn’t stop him from pivoting to political attacks and posting an accusation on Twitter that “corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats” are refusing to open schools this fall “for political reasons, not for health reasons.” Mr. Biden has said schools need more funding and support to reopen. He told …...Read More